My droid from ebay will arrive tomorrow. I have been readying the forums for a week now and understand the basics of Root, Custom Recovery Consoles, Nandroid, Kernels, Overclocking, 2.01 vs 2.1, etc. But I want to be ready when my phone arrives tomorrow. I am not looking for how too's... I am looking for why/why-not's.

This is my work phone so it HAS TO BE rock stable. I caught a lot of crap running all my custom i910 roms if they ever hampered my ability to use the phone for work. I am looking for advice on which combination of roms/themes/kernels/overclocking etc would best fit my needs. Here is what I am looking for.

1.) I would like modest overclockability while keeping it cool.
2.) No need for launcher2 (buggy from what i have read)
3.) No need for Live Wallpaper (I like race cars better than show cars anyway)
4.) Some of the nice HD video recording and Youtube hacks would be nice.
5.) Some of the 2.1 handy apps (gallery, etc.)
6.) Multitouch if it is stable
7.) Wifi Tethering
8.) Would like it to run cool with long battery (don't we all)

Basically I am looking for a solid stripped down performer with stability and reliability in mind. The reason I left Winmo was because of lockups and restarts. What are your thoughts. BB_1.1? BB_0.4? DM_1.0? SS_1.0.2? Combination of parts from each? any help would be appreciated.

Droidmod will give you the ability to choose the options you find suit you best, most other ROMs come "as is" with launchers, live wallpapers, etc. But in the end, you will have to make the decision...many people here will disagree with me saying BB this or Smoked Glass that (I'm sure I'm leaving other ROM's out that are just as good). DroidMod is (in my opinion) about usability, stability, and choice...and I have found that most other ROM's usually don't have that complete trifecta working for them.

Droidmod will give you the ability to choose the options you find suit you best, most other ROMs come "as is" with launchers, live wallpapers, etc. But in the end, you will have to make the decision...many people here will disagree with me saying BB this or Smoked Glass that (I'm sure I'm leaving other ROM's out that are just as good). DroidMod is (in my opinion) about usability, stability, and choice...and I have found that most other ROM's usually don't have that complete trifecta working for them.

This is my work phone so it HAS TO BE rock stable. I caught a lot of crap running all my custom i910 roms if they ever hampered my ability to use the phone for work.

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The stock ROM is going to be the most "rock stable" you are going to get. I mean that in a "well boss...it's a bug in the firmware...but Motorola is working on it" kind of way. Not that it performs or is better than a custom ROM overall.

Just easier to say that to the boss than "I know the phone died...but I was told online that this new custom ROM was rock solid and flawless!"

Droidmod will give you the ability to choose the options you find suit you best, most other ROMs come "as is" with launchers, live wallpapers, etc. But in the end, you will have to make the decision...many people here will disagree with me saying BB this or Smoked Glass that (I'm sure I'm leaving other ROM's out that are just as good). DroidMod is (in my opinion) about usability, stability, and choice...and I have found that most other ROM's usually don't have that complete trifecta working for them.

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so i made my own custom smoke glass u can find on this forum, but i have to agree for what u want droidmod all the way. I like all the goodies and live wallpapers and stuff personaly. However droidmod will be easiest and best for more of a work phone.

I know there is no best rom, there never will be. If playing around on my i910 has taught me anything there the newest roms, the stock roms, the tweeked speed roms good for cooking eggs, the super customized UI roms, any hopefully the old reliable ones good for fall backs. I am digging the DM 1.0 path to start out with. Any recommendations on additions once I get it set up?

droid mod is good but in my opinion sholes.mod 2.05 was alot more stable or 2.06 and is a little more appealing but yet still basic, I have had most of the sholes and droid mod roms and those were the least buggy in my opinion

droid mod is good but in my opinion sholes.mod 2.05 was alot more stable or 2.06 and is a little more appealing but yet still basic, I have had most of the sholes and droid mod roms and those were the least buggy in my opinion

I run BB v1.1 with ChevyNo1's 1.2GHZ kernel, overclocked to 1GHZ. Runs stable, runs cool, battery life is better than stock with profiles enabled with setCPU. Yeah, it has live wallpapers, but I dont use them. Race cars are better than show cars, but eye candy is nice once in a while too.

Smoked Glass 4.5 with AdamZ's new kernel. 0 FC from it, live wallpapers are not bundled in, the kernel has alot of flexibility all the way to a stable 1100. Comes with launcher2.apk but I don't use it, you have a choice. Have tried SholesMod (and DroidMod), BB, BB2.1, and always came back to this. It is the most stable on my phone.

Work phone? Is your job paying for it? If so, nice, wish I had that job...

But I would recommend trying DroidMod since it does let you pick and choose changes and lets you easily get back to stock, but honestly, the only way to get rock solid, no errors whatsoever reliability will be with the stock ROM. The good thing is that you can easily go back to stock if you have any problems. I would definitely avoid the more unstable mods like 2.1 launcher, and I wouldn't try OCing more than 700-800Mhz if for no other reason than longer battery life.

Droidmod will give you the ability to choose the options you find suit you best, most other ROMs come "as is" with launchers, live wallpapers, etc. But in the end, you will have to make the decision...many people here will disagree with me saying BB this or Smoked Glass that (I'm sure I'm leaving other ROM's out that are just as good). DroidMod is (in my opinion) about usability, stability, and choice...and I have found that most other ROM's usually don't have that complete trifecta working for them.

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+1; DroidMod is all I will use. So easy to install now with Market App. Great dev team, even better ROM.

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